In the previous part of my review, I brought the PEN E-PL5 for a real life paid assignment shoot, which was an actual day wedding coverage for dear friends Nigel Sia and Kel Li at Hotel Maya, Kuala Lumpur. In that entry I have commented on how I was impressed by the little camera's performance for a more serious photography environment, producing excellent image quality (similar to the OM-D E-M5), having almost instantaneous autofocus and very good handling for a small camera, being used for a full day shoot (12 hours duration almost non-stop). That was actually out of the ordinary practice, where I usually would bring the camera for street shooting or more casual situation. I shall be using the beautiful E-PL5 for my own shutter therapy session, which will be the center of discussion for this Part 2 of my E-PL5 review.

In this particular shooting session, I was accompanied by a long time loyal blog reader and friend, Wan Amirruddin (an E-PL1 user like myself) on a Sunday morning, and we attacked Petaling Street. The main lens of choice was of course my most favourite lenses of all from micro 4/3 lens line-up, the M.Zuiko 45mm F1.8. I also used the 12mm F2 lens for situations where wide angle is a necessity, to capture more into a single frame composition. I only worked with both lenses, and I set the camera to Aperture Priority at all times, shooting mostly at base ISO200 under bright sunny condition, and bumped up the ISO as necessary when I was inside buildings (temples, market) or shade. EXIF information is provided at the bottom of each photograph.

Smaller Camera for Street Shooting

I have mentioned this a couple of times before in several occasions, and I will say it again, using the PEN (or any micro 4/3 camera small bodies) on the street just felt so right. While I cannot say this is the best suited camera size for professional use (I did have my share of complains and wish for better and beefier gripping for my wedding shoot in Part 1), but for casual shooting, having something smaller in footprint, causing less or no strain at all to any part of your body, yet being able to deliver images on par to even the best APS-C cameras out there (it is proven now by both DXOMark and DPreview, so if you disagree, go bring the argument elsewhere), surely this was something incredible.

Remember what made Leica M-series so famous in its early days? It was because Leica was bold enough to come up with smaller styled body, without the compromise of image quality, allowing photo-journalists to bring the camera everywhere, hence birthing the new generation of photo-journalism, and next street photography. The solution was simple: providing mobility solution: the best camera is the camera that you have with you at that moment you need it, because a lot of photography opportunities happen when you least expect them to. Olympus Micro 4/3 system, much like the reasons that made Leica so infamous for their rangefinder system, is making a strong remark about having smaller and lighter system, something you would not hesitate to chuck into that hand bag or backpack as you go out from your house.

Using a small size camera on the street will gather different set of reactions from the people you shoot. Generally photographers with smaller cameras are looking less threatening, hence that allowed you more comfort zone to work with, getting closer. I found that most people did not even take me seriously, and just ignored my presence, which worked great for my style of shooting (non-intrusive).

For some unexplained reasons, there already is this ridiculous mindset that goes around locally here (and perhaps, to a certain extent, it is the same everywhere else, I would presume) that if you want good image quality, the camera must be huge. There is this completely wrong theory of the performance and image quality of the camera is directly proportional to its size and weight. How untrue !! Therefore there has always been this "DSLR" mentality, whenever someone carried something large and black, he means serious business. That "mentality" is working against the street shooting environment, and honestly, having something smaller and more inconspicuous will save you some broken noses.

I think it all comes down to your own choice of style and preference. The OM-D E-M5 was shaped and designed to look more serious, and by all means, that is one serious looking camera. The E-PL5 somehow felt more relaxed, both in the hands of the photographer shooting with it, and also the reaction that the photographer gets from the crowd he is shooting.

1/1000sec, F1.8, ISO200

1/1000sec, F1.8, ISO200

1/1250sec, F1.8, ISO200

1/4000sec, F1.8, ISO200

1/250sec, F1.8, ISO200

1/2000sec, F1.8, ISO200

1/320, F1.8, ISO200

Smaller Box Focusing

If you have been following my blog you would know that my main camera system is the DSLR E-5 and some wonderful zuiko lenses. Like most DSLRs, E-5 has very small, almost pin-sized focusing points, which gives that extra boost of confidence when you have a very specifically small area of target for focusing. One complaint that many voiced over the micro 4/3 system is the overly large focusing boxes, looking more like focusing area rather than focusing points. When one casual shooter decides to dabble deeper and more seriously into photography, attention is paid more to focusing accuracy. Generally I never had much issues with the focusing accuracy from PEN E-P3 or newer PEN bodies onward, but that gigantic green box area somehow did not seem convincing enough.

Some users have gone through a few work-arounds in the camera menu playing with the settings to get that smaller target AF area in the OM-D, and this work-around has become a hit through photography forums.

Thankfully we all do not have to suffer that and this issue has been addressed in the E-PL5. How I wish Olympus would provide a firmware upgrade to have this inside the OM-D as well !!

Again, that Blazing Fast Autofocus

Having that smaller target AF box for use in street shooting was quite a game changer. For extra control and accuracy, I felt more confident shooting with the smaller green boxes, especially when I really wanted to make sure the human eyes are in focus for my street portrait shooting. Yes we can trust that face detection AF, much like we can trust driving an Auto car, but when I want to get serious, I prefer to have more controls, much like manual car drivers. Working with Olympus AF system is one of the best things I can say about this micro 4/3 system. It is a blessing to have such instant focusing for street shooting. Both the 12mm and 45mm that I tested responded very positively with the E-PL5, The camera was so fast, that there are many times I managed to steal some shots of the people on the streets before they could react to my camera.

I tell you, if such blazing AF was invented long ago, no one would even care about zone-focusing for street shooting anymore.

1/500sec, F2, ISO400

1/80sec, F1.8, ISO800

1/80sec, F1.8, ISO800

1/125sec, F1.8, ISO800

1/1250sec, F1.8, ISO200

That Not So Great LCD Monitor Screen

I might have slipped out in my previous review on the OM-D, but I was not fully satisfied using the OM-D OLED screen for many reasons: 1) the resolution could be better (614k dot only) and 2) the color balance is completely off. It is very difficult to check the colours from the screen, but general focusing accuracy review was fine. Knowing the screen uses OLED, color accuracy was not something to depend on.

Now, on the E-PL5, they used a different screen, perhaps it is the same screen as the E-PL3 or E-PM1 (I have none to compare, so I cannot verify if it is the same). The resolution is lower than the E-M5, and that color balance somehow seemed even worse. I was reviewing photographs taken both on the street and the previous entry's wedding event, and the main problem I had was how the skin tone looked through the screen. I remembered a friend cough Jason Mumbles cough who stood beside me as I was shooting commented on how "horrible" the colors from the camera was... and I was having a very difficult time to convince him that the colors you see on that not so great LCD screen was completely different from the real output of the camera. Indeed to my eyes the colors on the screen looked overly saturated and unrealistic at all. Working with OM-D files and generally the signature Olympus colors have always stayed the same through the many years, hence looking at the screen I knew very well I cannot trust working with it at all.

Yes, we know that the resolution of 460k dot is not so great, since many modern cameras now have 1000k dot and above in their 3 inch or larger monitor screen, and that the color balance could be improved somehow to reflect a more realistic outcome. I actually loved the resolution and color balance of my DSLR E-5's LCD screen, the feel and experience was very close to how I would judge from seeing a photograph from my own PC screen. Many who have used the E-5 DSLR would know how great the LCD screen is, why can't we have similar color balance and resolution on the E-M5 or PEN cameras?

Another small complain I have about the screen was how it was optimized for a 16:9 shooting. Perhaps the LCD screen was designed for movie shooters, since video recording was done at 16:9 aspect ratio. Nonetheless, to get the full 16MP resolution and the best image quality out of the E-PL5, we have to shoot at 4/3 aspect ratio, and in this case the display has been reduced in size. It seemed so small, in fact it seemed to be even smaller than the 2.5 inch display from the older E-PL1 !! If E-PL5's default aspect ratio was 16:9, I would have no issue with the elongated screen to fit into the full display, but if the original uncropped full size image was 4/3 in aspect ratio, I would expect the LCD screen to be optimized for that display. After all for most people who use micro 4/3 system, they use it primarily for still photographs. I also noticed that E-PL5 could possibly be using the same screen with the E-PL3, and this issue may be the same as the E-PL3, but I still think this is worth mentioning here.

1/4000sec, F1.8, ISO200

1/1600sec, F1.8, ISO800

1/250sec, F5, ISO200

1/200sec, F1.8, ISO400

1/160sec, F1.8, ISO400

On the whole, the new Olympus PEN E-PL5 is indeed a very fun and capable camera to work with. Basically, E-PL5 is what an Olympus PEN has always been famous for: light-weight, small in size, full with features, such as the built in Image Stabilization, full manual controls and customization, and now, add the highly regarded image quality of OM-D to the E-PL5, considering the use of similar image sensor and processing engine. Olympus E-PL5 offers an option for photographers who do not need all the extra functions and features that come along with the Olympus OM-D E-M5, yet maintains the few important characteristics that made OM-D E-M5 such a great camera: the blazing fast autofocus as well as reliability as a camera system, in terms of camera performance on the filed and final image quality delivery.

2) Small sized, light, and comfortable to handle (with current set of smaller sized M.Zuiko lenses, like the 12mm F2 lens and 45mm F1.8 lens). But I do prefer the handling with the OM-D, PLUS the additional hand-grip.

3) Blazing Fast Autofocus

4) Smaller Target AF area box for pin point accurate focusing.

5) Very reliable, even in a very demanding shooting condition (wedding coverage) and the camera worked without a slightest hiccup.

6) That GREAT Olympus signature colors. True to life and pleasing skin tones.

What I wish could have been better?

1) Better Battery life. Currently I took about 300 shots under heavy usage, and ideally 500-600 shots per single battery charge would be great.

3) Having a built in viewfinder, for practical shooting reasons. If I attach the external viewfinder on the hot-shoe, how then can I use the external flash? I need BOTH the EVF and the flash, hence having built in EVF will allow me to use the flash at the same time.

Do take note that Olympus has released the OM-D E-M5 prior to E-PL5, which catered for more serious shooters that demanded more from a camera: better handling with add-on hand grips, built in EVF, weather sealing, having more shortcut/customizable buttons, dual control dials, etc. If you need all those extras, the Olympus OM-D E-M5 is surely more fitted for you, especially if you are faced with more challenging and demanding photography environment.

Nevertheless, there are many other casual shooters that only use the camera for casual shooting, thus nullifying the need for weather sealing (not everyone wants to shoot in rain), prioritizing simplicity (hence needing less buttons and dials), treasuring the smaller size and lighter weight (so that the camera is easier to carry around everywhere) and yet, without having to compromise on the image quality. Fitting into this category of users, E-PL5 is a very attractive option.

It is very interesting to witness how Micro 4/3 is expanding in choices of cameras and lenses, and surely advancing in terms of technology. In terms of image quality Olympus micro 4/3 is fully capable to deliver very competitively, and add to that the good selection of high quality Zuiko branded glasses to match. The year 2012 has been very interesting for Olympus, having OM-D, E-PL5 as very capable camera bodies released for the micro 4/3 system, and the great longer prime lenses such as the 75mm F1.8 and the 60mm F2.8 macro. Adding to the family are also very respectable camera bodies from Panasonic, such as their G5 and new GH3, with their contribution of fully capable lenses such as the 12-35mm F2.8 and 35-100mm F2.8 lenses.

Soon, we will see how micro 4/3 system make splashes all around the world (if the splashes have not already begun).

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I'm not sure if I'm on the right channel or not, the small box focusing is present in the latest OMD firmware 1.5. It's just that getting it is not so straight forward. Here are the steps:

1. Use the Live View instead of the View Finder;2. Make sure the "Tap to focus" instead of "Tap to focus and shoot" option is selected;3. Tap anywhere on the screen;4. A slider with a scale showing, 5, 7, 10 & 14x will appear on the right of the scree;5. To change the focus box size, just move the slider up and down; and6. Then you can move the focus point around as usual.

There you have it! And when you switch to the VF mode, the small box focus is there too!.

Don't know why Olympus makes it so difficult for their top of the range M4/3 camera.

Note:a. Clicking the "Ok" button or turning the camera on/off will reset the focus point to the normal size.b. But to reactivate it, you just have to tap on the screen again. The last saved focus box size should be there.

And here I thought I was the only one switching to a half manual focus assist mode in order to get that pinpoint focusing in my E-M5. Please olympus, bring it in a firmware update. My G3 has it, it makes no sense that my E-M5 shouldn't.

Love the photos, as always, especially of the young Hindu couple - - their happy faces will break your heart. Also, we missed your captions (you supplied the exposure info) and so we don't know what the shirtless character with the newspaper tied around his waist is saying as he gives you the thumbs down!

Hey Reverend,Thanks for the kind words. Sorry for not including captions, but I thought the EXIF info is more important for a review entry. No worries for my own personal shutter therapy sessions I will surely add some thoughts or short captions.

Hi Robin, I am using Olympus E-PL1 come with standard 14-42mm kit lens and an Olympus 45mm f1.8 for casual photography but I find that the image I shot were not as sharp as yours. How do you normally focus on your subject? Using Manual or Auto focusing mode? Thanks.

From the Netherlands: very interesting review! Beautiful photos with nice colorsettings. Now i'm using my e-pl3 over my e-3, but i still want have the om-d5! But reading your review the e-pl5 is also a great winner! We have to wait a little longer before the e-pl5 camera comes...:(

Hello Sarah,For all photographs in this entry, I did not touch the exposure compensation at all. I set the metering to center-weighted, and I shot at aperture priority for all shots. I changed ISO and aperture settings only. I hope that clears up some confusion.

Fantastic pictures! Oh, help! I feel a serious GAS attack coming. As you may recall I gravitate towards a Sigma DP2 Merill as travel-light camera, but that's for landscape (static) use only. A good camera, but with slow AF, quirky and only suitable for slow and deliberate photography. It has a stunning Leica-quality lens, superb sensor (even Reichmann rates it as near or equal to medium-format) but, again, it's slow.

These pictures really are tempting me big time. This camera, with a couple of those lovely, fast and supersharp Zuikos is extremely hard to resist for the type of street shooting and general photography you do. But your macro and wedding work is also exquisite. And you are right, the colors and acuity are nothing short of fantastic. Do you think the OOC Jpeg's are as good or nearly as good too?

I think I will start to save some money. And maybe I'll pick up a E-PL1 from Amazon or so as a backup.

Thanks Andre !!But don't get E-PL1, go straight to E-PL5 !! You won't regret it, trust me. The image quality and AF performance have been improved dramamtically, it is worth paying for. All images you see in this entry except B&W ones are all SOOC. No additional processing applied, but perhaps a little cropping.

Based on your list of cons, you should check out the E-M5, it's got pretty much everything you feel is lacking on the E-PL5.

As a historical note, the Leica M was considered to be rather large when it was released. These were the days before SLR's were common and the M3 (the original M) was significantly larger than the earlier Leica bodies, or the competition from Contax, Nikon and Canon (the latter two at the time pretty much just cloned Contax and Leica respectively in terms of body design).

Hi Robin,very nice review and one of the rare (but honest) comments about the LCDs Olympus is currently using in their latest PENs and OM-D. I actually was a little shocked and thought my OM-D was defective after I reviewed the first images on the LCD. They all have a fairly strong green tint (from any viewing angle). My old E-PL1's LCD is far better here. Now I know that this is a (or THE) weak point of the latest Olympus cameras. Even the EVF seems to be more accurate, colorwise. But hey, I can live with that because everything else is so right. Sad to read though that the E-PL5 is still weak in this respect.

Thanks Martin !!Now that Olympus is partnering with Sony, hopefully Sony can provide them with better color accuracy for the EVF and LCD monitors. Thank goodness I can trust Olympus' colors so far, or else I would have a hard time tweaking the white balance on site.

Hi Robin:I really like the colour accuracy on the older EPL1 LCD (more or less colours what you get later on computer). Sony relationship may help with the EVF and LCD as I hear their EVF is very good new tech design. So on the wish list, an internal pop up flash would be good so EVF can be put on hotshoe along with popup flash, maybe we will see it if Olympus decides to release a EP5. Nikon puts 900,000 RGB LCD screens on their compact cameras which look great even on small pocket cameras at $300 and up prices, like the smaller S8100/9100 compact series and P7000 advanced compact series, (my wife has S8100) and as an advanced enthusiast or pro, hopefully Olympus will come to realize we like to see a preview of accurate colour in our LCD as a definite plus in enjoying taking photos. If Nikon can do it and keep price down on even small cameras, hopefully Olympus will adopt the more accurate colour LCD maybe in a later version model. However, dispite all this, Olympus should be congratulated on producing cameras in the class of OMD and EPL5 and I imagine they will be very successful regardless due to the final image quality, final colours and fast AF.

Hey Adrian,So true, I also find the color balance on my E-PL1 to be very usable when I need to judge the white balance of a given situation. Yes, lets hope Sony, who should be an expert for LCD technologies can help Olympus in this part !

Robin nice and "live" review, thanks. you said about leica. at that time, which i dont know much, there sure were a lot of competitors. why do you think leica make it thru being both legendary and market-share winner till digital period?

oly's jpeg engine surely produce punchy colors out of camera wrt canon and nikon. you know in a camera shop when the sales rep test shots with oly and nikon strong possibility is that customer select oly. can you please comment this?

I think I shall not comment further on Leica, but to mention that they were very bold to make smaller cameras which are easier to bring around everywhere, hence causing the revolution of photo-journalism and early street photography.

Olympus has always had very good JPEG in camera color rendition. Olympus signature color is something that I really like, and have been working with for years. One of the strong reasons I stay with Olympus is the colors.

The LCD screens on my e-P1, e-P2 and e-pL1 (yes!) are easier for me to use and read than the new 16:9 screen on my e-pM1, and the e-pL5 it seems.I only use mine for settings, but still ... there's no need for Olympus to purpusefully cripple the screen in terms of 4:3 view area.Roll-on the e-P5 ... will it have everything?

It depends on what you are looking for in your upgrade Asmadi. Also depends on what you will be using the camera for. I cannot just give "yes" or "no" answer without knowing you or what you shoot, and your individual preferences.

Robin, I agree with you on the discrete nature of u43 cameras. At my kids' school and sports functions, I routinely take hundreds of pics with no complaints, while the parents with large DSLR's with huge zoom lenses and monster flashes are told "no professional pictures allowed". The only shortcomings I have found are some shutterslap and some lens flair at f1.8 as I don't use a lens hood to keep small and discrete.

Four by Six,glad to see that you are enjoying the micro 4/3 system and it has been serving you well. Lens flare problem is not something specific to Olympus, any lenses would suffer some degree of lens flare, but having lens hood would cut down the flare significantly.

Great images and good review, thank you. I also love the pic of the Hindu couple!Do you know if anyone is testing this body for video locally? I know you're not really into that! The reason I am interested is because this camera is the first Olly body to feature a full HD tele-converter (4x). This allows one to use a prime out to 4x the focal length without losing video resolution, as well as maintaing aperture. Yep, can use a 45/1.8 as a 180/1.8 for concerts etc! The GH2 has a similar feature, Luminous Landscape covered it really well:http://www.luminous-landscape.com/reviews/cameras/panasonic_gh2_11_mode_revealed.shtml

I was very much looking forward to having the E-PM2 as a second body. The E-M5 sensor in a tiny package wold be so awesome for the street. I was ready to live with less external controls and dials as well as the tilting screen. So the tiny screen was the only last hurdle... Looking at your review I am afraid I will have to pass on these Pens. It is rather inexcusable for a camera with no VF to not have a decent screen both in terms of colour or size or resolution. I was so close to making the E-PM2 my "pocket rocket" ! I will try one out when they are in the shops to confirm but Mr Olympus you were soon close!

Apologies the name field doesn't work on my iPad. Anyways, what I was trying to say was that I am ready to do without the EVF in return for a compact size (second body is all about compromise right?). It is just a shame that the screen is not quite up to the job. Put differently, I would buy the E-PM2 on day 1 if the screen is decent. Now I am very torn :-(

Hi Robin,As always your images are superb. I'm interested to know how you shot the epl5 on the street. Did you use the articulated screen to shoot close to the chest like a Rolleiflex, put an EVF in the shoe, or hold it out like a wet diaper (as Kirk Tuck would say)?Keep up the lovely work! I'm a big fan!

I'd just like to comment on the situation with the LCD screen and the lack of colour accuracy. I had the same problem with my E-P3 when I first bought it. The E-P3's screen has two modes - "natural" and "vivid". The factory default setting is "vivid" (presumably because it makes everything look bright and colourful when people are trying out the camera in-shop).

The problem is that the "vivid" setting is inaccurate and shows awful skin tones.

After I had owned the E-P3 for several months (!) I learned that it was possible to change the screen to "natural" mode, like this:

1) Go into the full menu and choose the option that looks like a wrench.2) Click on the third option ("Adjust the brightness and colour temperature of the LCD monitor").3) You will see "Vivid" at the bottom of the screen. Press the Info button to change it to Natural.

Newzild,Thanks for pointing the setting, but I remembered doing it to both E-P3 and OM-D and did not see much improvement over the inaccurate colors. It merely creates a less contrasty display (toned down contrast). However the image colors still looked completely off from what I would expect to see on any computer screen.

That's interesting, Robin. I thought there was quite a big improvement when I changed the setting but on the other hand I tend towards architecture/landscape shooting and you tend to shoot more street/people. The thing that really annoyed me about the "Vivid" setting was that sometimes I would take a photo of some wild, colourful scene that looked great on the LCD and then when I got home and loaded it onto my computer the photo was really "meh" and the colour was washed out. But your complaint is slightly different - you're talking about the skin tones. Also, I don't have a colour-corrected screen.

Robin, you didn't actually touch upon IS with regards to video on Part 1 other than to give it a general thumbs up compared to the E-M5. With the previous PENs, video IS is digital and doesn't use the IBIS like the E-M5 does. Digital IS is often inferior and introduces video quality issues jitter and wobble effects, artifacts, and generally degrades the overall image quality. What did you see with the -PL5? Could you tell if it was using IBIS or is it still using the same digital IS of the previous PENs?

I agree with Jak ;-)Could you please confirm if the camera uses IBIS for video? It's becoming confusing, since atleast one reviewer has said it does use IBIS in video, and Olympus seems to be saying it doesn't.Foe many users this will be the SINGLE most import issue between this camera and E-M5.

I have an E-PL3 and have used it for nearly a year. I agree that the screen isn't great. I use the VF-2 electronic viewfinder in most situations. I also don't care for the battery life and carry 2 spares with me at all times. To improve the grip, I used some Sugru to add a wedge-shaped grip to the front of the camera. It works very well. (Sugru is a wonderful material and is something that every photographer should experiment with.) Other than these relatively minor complaints, I really like my E-PL3. It will suit me just fine until the next model in the OM-D line comes out. When that happens, it'll make a nice backup.

I cannot tell if the E-PL5 has the same built-in flash as the E-PL3, but if so just curious if you used it for the street shots, or whether the center weighted metering accomplished these photos without flash.

Also, for street shooting do you prefer the built-in viewfinder of the EM-5 or were you fine with the LCD of the E-PL5?

Hey Fred,The E-PL5 has no built in flash, it takes add on clip flash much like the E-PL3. For all the shots in this blog entry on the streets, I did not use flash at all, they were all taken with available light. I have no preference when I shoot on the street, either with the viewfinder or LCD screen. In this session, all were shot with the LCD screen. Though I must say, I am a DSLR shooter, I will say the best is still to work with an optical viewfinder, but thats just my personal opinion.

Hi Robin,with activated image stabilization, videos out of the E-PL3 have a horrible wobbly effect towards the edge of the picture (see here: http://vimeo.com/30925426).Is this still the case with videos out of the E-PL5?

The product sheet for the camera says the screen is by default set to a Vivid setting - could this be source of the complaint about the screen colour? The other setting is 'natural'. Both settings have 14 gradations of 'colour balance'. Does none of that result in a good colour balance?MonitorMonitor type Tiltable LCD - Touch PanelMonitor size 7.6cm / 3.0'' (16:9)Resolution 460000 dotsBrightness adjustment +/- 2 levelsColour balance +/- 7 levels Vivid (default) /Natural

Hey Robin, thanks for the great and thorough reviews. It's nice to see someone try and pushthis beyond its designated market's capabilities and running it through it's paces. I'm just about ready to jump ship from an APS-C DSLR system and it looks to me like the E-PL5 might be the model to go with. I mostly do object photography in a studio along with some 'travel-style' or street photo now and then, so I don't really need it to be a sports camera by any means. The tilting screen will definitely come in handy, I'm sure, maybe letting me shoot it like I would a TLR.

I'm kind of stuck at one part of the choice, though, and now that you've used it yourself, maybe you could share some insight? It's about the color. I frankly quite like the look of the champagne body, but did you find or do you think a black body would be more suitable for street shooting? From my understanding, body language makes a world of difference, but do you think you would've been noticed less or been less conspicuous if you had been using a black version of the camera? I'm just stuck in this choice (champagne which I like vs black with is(?) more subtle). What would you say about this?

Thank you for providing such excellent review with very in-depth information. Real-life situations like these you show always say more about a camera than studio performance setups. I had the EPL-1 many years ago but went back to Nikon DSLR. Time has certainly moved on though and the EPL-5 seems like dream camera compared! Only backside is the screen resolution when taking stills - very strange not to use full screen capabilities and something that immediately felt like a block-stopper for me as my eyesight is not 100%.

Very tempting camera though and thanks also for the review you did on the Oly xz-2. Now to meditate on which one to choose - both different but I can only have 1.. time will tell :)

I enjoyed your EPL5 review in the street shooting aspect as well !As I was looking through the images captured with the EPL5 ,The images of your Petaling Street shoot out[with the Alpha350+50mm f/1.8]in sept 2012 came to my mind and I could not help feeling that the EPL5 [and the EM-5 ] renders the skin tones better and richer [or is just my bias...?] kindly correct me if I am wrong ...Actually it should not be so since both are sony sensors....So has your handling of files been different ...or what ?

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I was on my way with my wallet wide open to buy the new Leica D Lux6 (not Lumix LX7, im a snob :))to compliment my Nikon D700 but this review has ground me to a halt.

Fantastic IQ, lovely color rendering seem to be on par or better then many of the DSLRS that i have owned and tried and the photos look almost three dimensional in some cases...very compelling.

Have you tried the "14-42 kit" lens that Amazon is selling with it because Im always hesitant to buy the kit lenses. It would be nice to have some form of budget zoom ability to accommodate the great 45mm 1.8 Zuiko but not if the IQ is sub par like i experienced with my Lumix G3.

Also how is your 45mm fairing? I have read that its construction is not quite what the price might indicate and that i scratches quite easily?

Those are awesome images taken with the E-PL5! I need to get myself a good compact for street photography and travel and was going to go for one of the more traditional cameras like the Canon G1X or Nikon P7700 but I feel I want to embrace some of the newer technology and of course the superb IQ of the E-PL5. Could I please ask is the menu system very easy to navigate as it is the only thing holding me back from buying this?

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Is there a way to turn off "warm" in iauto mode? Also, I had the EPL1, & just loved the "exposure". Pictures taken at dusk or in a dark room looked just like how the scene looked. However, pics from my EPL5 in low light look like they could've been from high noon! Is this just a trademark of a higher dynamic sensor? I am still sorta new to this. I have tried setting my exposure at -.3 or -.7, but it's not as predictable, & my pics end up usually darker than the actual scene. I miss my EPL1. Even my friends with full frames commented on how "right" the EPL1 pics looked. Thanks for any help.

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